1. WWII BATTLES

2. Triple Timeline
Create a timeline based on the three stories that are happening at the same time. We will be focused for right now on:
1. The war at home.

3. Stalingrad
Brutal fighting: house to house, block by block, bombing and much rubble.
The Germans were starving, sick and had fostbite.
German troops surrendered on January 31, 1943.
Major turning point of war in Europe. Ended realistic plans of Hitler dominating Europe.

5. Starter Say one fact about the American homefront during World War II.
Or sit down.
Last person standing wins!

6. EQ:
How did the War in Europe play out?

7. Battle of Stalingrad: Winter of 1942-1943
German Army
Russian Army
1,011,500 men
1,000,500 men
10,290 artillery guns
13,541 artillery guns
675 tanks
894 tanks
1,216 planes
1,115 planes
Stalin orders his troops to the “scorched earth policy”
Germans are surrounded at Stalingrad and supply lines are cut by the Russians. Germans surrender to Soviets.

8. North Africa British had been fighting Germany and Italy since 1940.
El Alamein (Egypt)- October 1942 British Won
Next month Allied troops landed in Morocco and Algeria and began to move east toward key German positions.

9. Italy July 1943- British and American troops landed in Sicily
Sept. 3, 1943 Italy surrendered and ended the rule of Mussolini
Hitler made Mussolini leader of puppet state in N. Italy.
Fighting continued until 1945

10. The Allies Liberate Rome: June 5, 1944

11. Germany
Starting in 1942 British began dropping bombs on German cities. Saturation Bombing
Strategic bombing- trying to destroy industrial and political centers to avoid war making power.
Tuskegee Airmen- African American fighters- escorted bombers and protected them from enemy fire.
Helped pave the way for an Allied offensive.

14. Gen. Eisenhower Gives the Orders for D-Day [“Operation Overlord”]
US General Dwight Eisenhower was chosen by the Big 3 at the Tehran Conference (Nov. 28-Dec. 1, 1943) as the Supreme Allied Commander and was responsible for the D-Day Invasion.

18. Normandy Beach Today

19. The Battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s Last Offensive
Dec. 16, 1944 to Jan. 28, 1945

20. Battle of the Bulge
Hitler caught Allies by surprise and created a bulge in their front line and captured several key towns.
After about a month of fighting on December 23, 1944 the Allies pushed Germany out of France.
Battle hurt Hitler because he had to use reserve troops and it hurt his men. It shortened the time he had left.

21. V-E Day
April 1945 Mussolini tried to flee to Switzerland and was caught and executed.
April 30, 1945 Hitler committed suicide along with several of his associates.
May 7, 1945 Germany surrendered. V-E Day
Harry S. Truman was President at the time.

22. THREE WORLD LEADERS DIE
Hitler realizing that Berlin was about to fall, married his mistress, Eva Braun and both commit suicide on April 30, 1945.
FDR dies in Warm Springs, Georgia on April 12, 1945
Mussolini is executed by his own people on April 28, 1945

23. Triple Timeline
Create a timeline based on the three stories that are happening at the same time:
1. The war at home.
2. The war in North Africa / Europe

24. 1942 1943 TURNING POINT BATTLES Coral Sea Midway
map/japan
TURNING POINT BATTLES
1942
Coral Sea
Midway
Midway virtually destroyed Japanese Navy.
1943
Continued “island hopping” strategy

25. Change in Japanese Strategy
Japanese leaders were rattled by the raids—bombs might have killed the emperor!!
The American fleet, they decided, had to be destroyed!
They wanted to cut off their supply lines to Australia.
They decided to attack Midway Island—the last American base west of Pearl Harbor.
Bombs falling on Tokyo.

26. Battle of Coral Sea

27. Battle of Coral Sea

28. Significance
Two Japanese carriers destroyed that could have been used in Yamamoto’s attack on Midway.
Turned back from attacking Austrlia.

29. Fighting at the Battle of Midway Badly damaged Yorktown
Code-breakers learned of plan to attack Midway
Admiral Nimitz used this as an opportunity to ambush the Japanese fleet.
Four Japanese carriers were sunk, destroying the heart of the navy.
This hit the Japanese hard—it halted Japanese expansion in the Pacific.
Fighting at the Battle of Midway
Badly damaged Yorktown

30. The Pacific
Island Hopping- capturing some Japanese controlled islands and ignoring others in a steady path to Japan.
This was a slow and steady process to get to Japan and end their conquering power.

31. Japanese Kamikaze Planes: The Scourge of the South Pacific
Kamikaze Pilots

32. Moving Toward Japan
Iwo Jima- March days of fighting= 23, 000 casualties. Americans won.
Okinawa- April 1945= Most costly operation in the Pacific. Held a vital air base. 50, 000 casualties. ½ million troops and 1,213 warships.
Using these places American troops could bomb Japanese Islands.
March One night= B 52 bombers destroyed 16 square miles of Tokyo. Killed 83,000 Japanese and injured more than 100,000 more. (more than the atomic bombs)

33. US Marines on Mt. Surbachi, Iwo Jima [Feb. 19, 1945]

34. By July 1945, 3 bombs had been built. 1 bomb = 20,000 tons of TNT
MANHATTAN PROJECT
A joint Allied Project consisting of Canadian, British and U.S. scientists to build an atomic bomb.
Started in 1940…..
By July 1945, 3 bombs had been built.
1 bomb = 20,000 tons of TNT
One would be set off in New Mexico successfully.

35. Col. Paul Tibbets & the A-Bomb

37. Hiroshima- August 6, 1945 70,000 killed immediately
48,000 buildings. destroyed.
100,000s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later.

38. Nagasaki- August 9, 1941 40,000 killed immediately 60,000 injured.
100,000s died of radiation poisoning & cancer later.

40. President Harry Truman
My fellow Americans, the British, Chinese and United States governments have given the Japanese people adequate warning of what is in store for them.
The world will note that the first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, a military base. If Japan does not surrender, bombs will have to be dropped on her war industries and unfortunately thousands of civilian lives will be lost.
I urge Japanese civilians to leave industrial cities immediately and save themselves.
President Harry Truman

41. Japanese A-Bomb Survivors

42. The Beginning of the Atomic Age

44. “The time has come to bear the unbearable”.
After the Nagasaki bombing, Emperor Horhito surrendered to the Allies to end WWII in Japan.
“The time has come to bear the unbearable”.
Aug 14, 1945.
Official surrender ceremonies were held on Sept. 2, 1945 aboard the USS Missouri near Tokyo Bay.
Emperor Horhito
dictators

45. JAPANESE SURRENDER
Jap surrender
Japan surrenders on Aug. 14, 1945……Official surrender ceremonies were held on Sept. 2, 1945

48. V-J Day response by Americans in New York City

49. Triple Timeline
Create a timeline based on the three stories that are happening at the same time:
3. The War in the Pacific